The Greedy Giant

                 THE  GREEDY  GIANT
A long time ago, in the northlands of snow

Lived a king in an ivory castle

But his people were angry, no food, very hungry

A greedy giant ate every morsel


The Queen said to the King,"Remember,one Spring

When those young girls defeated that dragon?

I'm quite sure that they might have another tough fight

And get him to pack up his wagon


With his wizard, the king would have done anything

That would help them get rid of this creature

Made a hot air balloon, not a moment too soon

Sent it south, hoping that it would reach them.


It was on the back green, on the big trampoline

Both girls were bouncing and diving

When there was a bright flash and the sound of a crash

The magic balloon was arriving!
 

 They both climbed aboard, and northwards they soared

And soon arrived at the white castle

The king came to meet them and said “You must beat him

This giant has caused nothing but hassle“.
 

“His name is Goliath, he came from Rosyth

Where I hear giants are really quite rare

If he sees food, he’ll eat it, so please make him beat it

Or soon we’ll have no food to share.

So Morgan and Tiegan were given a wee van

To take them to find the big pest

Morgan told the van driver to park by the river

From there they would walk to the west.
 

Morgan thought for a while, as they walked half-a-mile

About how the giant wasn’t so brave

For if he was a winner and stole people’s dinner

Then why did he hide in a cave?
 

All at once was a shout, and the giant rushed out

Waving his club at the sky

Tiegan picked up a stone and it was well thrown

For it hit the giant right in the eye.
 

The ogre cried “Ouch!” and bent down in a crouch

Rubbing his eye with a hanky

But the hanky was snotty and slimey and grotty

Like the rest of his clothes, it was manky!
 

“Are you laughing at me?”, said the giant on one knee

“You’d better not or you’re in trouble

I’m bigger than you, I’ll turn you into stew.”

The girls laughed, the giant started to bubble.
 

Morgan said “You’re not tough - just a big powder-puff

So you’d better run off - go on - beat it!”

The giant cried “Boo-hoo, it’s all ‘cos of you

That I have, for once, been defeated.”
 

The giant trudged away - he’d had such a bad day

All because of two girls from Park Road

And to make matters worse, by the wizard’s worst curse

He was magicked into a fat toad!
 

So the girls left at noon in the wizard's balloon

The king said ”You’re now our friends for ever”

They landed at four, ran in the back door

They’d had such an adventure together.